Chapter 087 Chen’s Qingtian
Chen Cao said: "I have a good life, but you guys are really greedy, so there is no need to harm the whole family. Everyone involved will be executed in the future."
Qi Shangwen had never seen Chen Cao's tactics before. Just as he was about to interrupt, Zhao Xin said: "Qi Zhixian, you are incapable of controlling me. I really doubt whether you are involved in it. I will give you the driving post of my Jin Yiwei." Come with us to the Zhenfu Division."
"Ah..." Qi Shangwen was shocked. Can Jinyiwei's Zhenfu Division go there at will? But everyone who went there had no life left: "Uncle Dingwu, I was wronged by the official, because I didn't know about it..."
"Really?" Chen Cao squinted at Qi Shangwen: "The bag behind my uncle's head is not fake...Put it away first. Someone, bring that woman up."
The woman wore Chen Cao's clothes and knelt down after entering the hall: "Your Excellency, you have been wronged. A common woman has been wronged so greatly..."
Chen Cao stared at Qi Shangwen: "Did you hear it? It's a huge injustice. Qi Zhixian, do you know what kind of grievance this woman suffered in prison? Four people insulted her. I don't believe that your Qiantang County government office is not alone yet." A cell for female prisoners.”
"Those who rape/violate women shall be sentenced to exile at the age of thirty according to the law..." Zhao Xin interjected.
Chen Cao nodded: "For the four prisoners in the prison, no matter what the crime, I will be sentenced to fifty, and they will be exiled to Qiongzhou. The two government servants in the prison..."
"Uncle..." A school captain walked to the lobby: "The two guards in the cell are dead."
Qi Shangwen was already frightened at this moment. Xin Zhao turned around and said: "The two of them beat the imperial officials, demanded bribes, and committed suicide after the incident."
"yes..."
Xin Zhao blatantly did this in front of Qi Shangwen, which made it clear that Qi Shangwen was destined to be defeated today.
Chen Cao slapped the hall again and said: "Women in the hall, tell me carefully what you have committed and what grievances you have suffered."
"Ms. Xu, a commoner woman, lives in Chuan Street in the east part of the city. Her husband and wife run a small business in the city. The green-skinned Zhao San came to my stall for several days to tease the commoner woman. The commoner woman stopped her, but instead... instead. .." After saying this, Mrs. Xu burst into tears.
Chen Cao stared at Qi Shangwen: "Qi County Magistrate, do you know about this?"
Qi Shangwen broke out in cold sweat on his forehead. He didn't know that Xu's husband was dead: "Go back to Uncle Wu of Ding and go down to the official position...down to the official position..."
"Xu, please continue." Chen Cao asked again.
Mrs. Xu cried for a while, and then said: "The husband's husband had an argument with her, and they started beating each other. The husband's husband was beaten to death by Zhao San. Ah... The husband's family sued the county government, and the county officials said they were fighting each other. No matter whether he died or not, he only asked Zhao San to pay the funeral expenses of two taels of silver. I have pity on my husband..."
As he spoke, he burst into tears again.
Chen Cao frowned, then stared at Qi Shangwen: "Qi County Magistrate, I will not ask you first, Mrs. Xu, but I will ask you whether Zhao San harassed you repeatedly after paying the money, and then found an excuse to humiliate you. Then he colluded with the county government team leader to frame you and put you in jail?"
Mrs. Xu's eyes widened, and then she nodded with tears: "Your Majesty, it's clear... That's it... Then Zhao San broke into the house of a civilian woman, insulted her, and framed her and put her in jail the next day..."
Chen Cao guessed, and he felt that the routine was like this: "Well, Zhao San is really a good guy. I have pronounced the sentence. Zhao San beat people to death and framed others. There is no need to be exiled. Let's kill him. Everyone below the head of the county government office will Those who have committed crimes will be arrested and sent to Qiongzhou to reclaim wasteland..."
"yes..."
"Thank you, Sir...Thank you, Sir..."
After shedding tears, Chen Cao discovered that Mrs. Xu was indeed pretty, otherwise Zhao San would not have teased her: "Ms. Xu, what do you do at home?"
"I do some small food business to barely support my family..." Mrs. Xu cried.
Chen Cao nodded, the family was short of a cook, and besides, she was pretty, maybe she could...
Thinking of this, Chen Cao felt relieved, and even the bag behind his head no longer hurt: "Ms. Xu, where are your family members?"
Mrs. Xu cried even more when she heard this: "A common woman has had a hard life since she was a child. Her parents passed away after she got married. Now that the insult to a common woman has spread throughout the countryside, she has no shame to go back..."
That's right...
Chen Cao felt happy for a while, and then said seriously: "In this case, I will do my best to the end. My house lacks a cook. Since you are in the food business, you should be able to cook."
Mrs. Xu didn't want to go to the Earl's Mansion to work, so she immediately kowtowed: "Thank you, uncle, for your great kindness. Thank you, uncle."
"Qi County Magistrate," Chen Cao looked at him again: "As the Qiantang County Magistrate, how should you pursue the case?"
"Xiaguan...Xiaguan..." Qi Shangwen's body couldn't help trembling.
"Uncle Ben heard that not only are there many beauties in Hangzhou, but also small businessmen and hawkers are from wealthy families. I wonder if this is true..."
...
After Chen Cao left the Qiantang County government office, he remembered something. He grabbed Xin Zhao's clothes and said, "Go and ask me where the girl who was captured with us earlier went?"
Zhao Xin cupped his hands and said: "Uncle, don't worry, my subordinates tortured the squad leader before. After we were taken to the prison, the girl was escorted to the inspection department by the yamen."
"It's broken..." Chen Cao mounted his horse and shouted: "Leave a team of people to take the things back, Zhao Xin, lead the way."
Because Qiantang County is the administrative seat of Hangzhou Prefecture, the prefectural city and the county seat are co-located. Because of the existence of the Qiantang River, there are more than a dozen inspection departments here, and Liu Youwei is the city's inspection department, and the yamen of the inspection department It was only three streets away from the county government office. After such a hassle, if she arrived late, the girl would definitely be in trouble.
There were more than a hundred soldiers in the Qiantang Inspection Department. Two soldiers stood at the gate of the yamen. Seeing Chen Cao coming with a large group of royal guards, they were all frightened to death.
The patrol inspector Kang Shui was not there, so he led the team to inspect the Qiantang River as usual. Deputy patrol inspector Liu Youwei made the decision. Zhao Xin drew a knife and held a soldier to lead the way, and took Chen Cao to the backyard of the inspection department. As soon as he entered Then the woman's cry was heard.
Is this okay?
The Jin Yiwei beside him ran quickly and kicked open the door of the house in front of him. Chen Cao walked in and saw that Liu Youwei's fat body had just been stripped naked, and the woman had also been stripped down to only her upper body and lower body. Naked.
Zhao Xin didn't dare to go in when he saw the clothes on the floor, and stopped the people who wanted to follow him, because based on what he knew about Chen Cao's urine, there was no way that this woman would become Chen Cao's roommate like Zhang Chunyao in the future. Wherever you dare to go in casually.
Chen Cao went in and kicked Liu Youwei away, then picked up the woman's clothes and covered her: "Don't be afraid, girl, I'm here to save you."
When the woman saw that it was Chen Cao, she cried inconsolably, hurriedly put on her clothes, and looked extremely frightened.
Chen Cao pinched Liu Youwei's neck. Liu Youwei, who had been shouting harsh words just now, saw the colorful Feiyu suit and Zhao Xin who was dressed in a long suit as soon as he went out. He was so frightened that he collapsed.
'Snapped...'
Zhao Xin knocked out Liu Youwei's front teeth with one slap: "A deputy inspector from the ninth rank dared to call himself 'my official' in front of the imperial envoy, uttered arrogant words, and raped a good girl in broad daylight. According to law, When beheaded..."
Inspector Kang Shui had just arrived at the yamen gate when he learned about the arrival of the Jin Yiwei. He hurriedly ran into the backyard and saw Liu Youwei being beaten.
He had never met Chen Cao, but he could guess from his demeanor that the young man was Uncle Dingwu: "I work as an inspector of the Qiantang Inspection Department, Kang Shui, and I have met Uncle Dingwu, the imperial envoy..."
Kang Shu immediately knelt down on one knee and performed a military salute towards Chen Cao.
Chen Cao looked back and said, "Your inspection department is also bold. This thief of such a stature dares to be a deputy inspection officer. How much benefit did the people of Zhejiang Dusi receive from him?"
Kang Sui was startled, and then handed over his hand: "I dare not deceive the Lord because of my humble position. Inspector Liu is the distant nephew of the Chief Minister Liu..."
"You still dare to tell the truth?" Chen Cao frowned and stared at the man kneeling on the ground: "You have some courage, are you not from Zhejiang?"
Kang Zui nodded: "Bizhi was originally from Shandong. He was demoted from Baihuguan to Qiantang County Yamen for a nine-level inspection because of the defeat in the battle of Salhu."
Kang Shui's mention made him suddenly think of Yuan Shizhong, the demoted Qianhu official who fought with him when he arrived, so he turned to look at Zhao Xin: "I almost forgot one thing. Let me ask someone to find out. That year After the defeat of Liaoyang, where did Yuan Shizhong go? After finding him, he was transferred to the new army."
"Yes, let's arrange it."
Chen Cao looked at Kang Shui again: "Get up."
"Uncle Xie..." Kang Sui saluted before standing up: "I don't know what Inspector Liu has committed."
Zhao Xin, who had already made arrangements, told Kang Su about the whole thing. After listening to it, Kang Su said: "I dare not hide it. Inspector Liu has a big background and his humble position as a regular inspector is just like a decoration. No, He did all the easy things about detention.”
When Chen Cao saw Kang Shu's muscles, he knew that this man must have some skills if he could come back alive from Saarhu. He immediately became interested in talents and said, "Your inspection is meaningless. Do you want to follow Ben Bo?"
When Kang Shui heard this, he quickly clasped his fists and said, "My uncle's name has spread all over Zhejiang. I am worried about being in a humble position and have no way to get insurance. Please ask my uncle to take me in."
"Okay, you have experienced the Battle of Sarhu and dealt with the Tatars. You should know the advantages and disadvantages of the battlefield. When we form a new army, we are in need of grassroots officers. You will benefit from following me." Chen Cao nodded.
"Uncle Xie..."
"Come here, please dress this girl and send her to my residence first. Capture Liu Youwei and take her back to my Imperial Envoy's Yamen." After Chen Cao finished speaking, he led his men away.
After the intense exertion, he obviously felt some pain in the back of his head and had to seek medical treatment quickly to prevent himself from having a stroke.
...
"Sir..." Liu Weisi's housekeeper came to the door of his study and bowed: "Sir, your cousin Liu Youwei was arrested by the imperial envoy Dingwu Bo."
It took a long time before words came out of the study: "What's the reason?"
"He raped civilian girls and falsely accused Uncle Ding of being a traitor to the Maitreya Sect."
...
"Uncle, this little Qiantang County is really rich..."
Xin Zhao picked up the jewelry in the box, then turned around and said with a smile: "This old boy Qi Shangwen is really rich, Liu Weisi and his gang must be richer than him."
Chen Cao folded the 100,000 taels of silver notes in his hand and put them away, then sneered: "Did you know that the wealth of the entire Ming Dynasty is concentrated in Zhejiang? In the past, it was always said that Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich, but this is not the case. South Zhili is only half of Zhejiang, and the entire Ming Dynasty The richest one is Zhejiang, especially the one along the coast. Anyone in the city will have more assets than you, Xin Zhao."
Xin Zhao chuckled, and then said: "I'm not following my uncle. It will happen in the future."
"Hey, your kid's eyesight is really bad, but let me tell you, these people are easy to talk about things, but if you want their money, it's like killing your parents."
"Uncle," Zhao Xin became interested, "use the same methods used against the Cao Gang to deal with these Zhejiang people. What do you think are the chances of winning?"
"One percent..."
"10%?" Zhao Xin opened his mouth in shock: "Uncle, are you kidding me?"
Chen Cao took a sip of tea and said: "Do you think I am joking? Look at what happened to Lao Xu and the others. The Cao Gang rebelled because they had control, but Zhejiang people are different. As long as they have money, this gang can summon those Desperados, I'm thinking that among the people they summoned this time, there must be many untouchables involved. Their understanding and attitude towards the imperial court are very low. Once they are bewitched, the next time, it will not be as simple as six or seven people dying. Yes, it must be increased at least ten times or even a hundred times.”
"Uncle, what should we do?"
Chen Cao put down the tea cup and frowned: "Li Yangchong is not as good as Li Weihan. The business scope of Tongji Trading Company covers the entire Ming Dynasty. If you want to eat him, you have to find a good opportunity and make complete preparations. Just If this is not enough, we need to have an excuse that can silence everyone in the court. Otherwise, hehe... The Donglin Party knows that I am working for their interests, so they have to come to Jinling in person to dig up the ancestral graves of my Chen family. .”
"How about we start with Zhang Wo?" Zhao Xin asked tentatively.
Chen Cao frowned: "That's right. That old thief Zhang Wexu heard that he wanted to be promoted from the position of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Household Affairs to the rank of Shangshu. He spent a lot of money on it. It seems that even Feng Quan accepted him. the benefits of."
"This old guy is betting on both ends, he's a bit shrewd..."
Chen Cao smiled and said: "His Hangzhou trading house has a relatively wide trading range. I will listen to you. Start with Zhang Wo first, and finally go to Li Yangchong. Hey, a Qiantang magistrate is so rich. If it were someone else..."
"Uncle Qi, they have changed their clothes."
Chen Cao stood up and walked to the front yard. He saw Mrs. Xu and the rescued woman sitting in the pavilion. When Chen Cao approached, they both stood up and saluted Chen Cao.
"A folk woman (a folk woman) has seen my uncle..."
Chen Cao sat down and motioned for the two of them to sit down too, and then asked: "Ms. Xu, what is your real name? How old are you this year?"
"The civilian woman's real name is Xu Ling. She is twenty-seven this year." Xu Ling was a little embarrassed.
Chen Cao was very satisfied, and then said: "Okay, you don't need to call yourself a woman from now on. You can call me whatever you want. From now on, just cook for Uncle Ben. You don't have to worry about anything else. How do you call this girl?"
"Country girl Su Manwen, thank you uncle for saving your life."
"Su Manwen..." Chen Cao read word by word, feeling a unique flavor: "Why did you..."
Su Manwen lowered her head in embarrassment: "I don't dare to deceive my uncle. My daughter's family is poor. Today, when I go out on the street, I also want to go to the teahouse to sing to the guests and earn some money to support the family. Who would have known that something like this happened."
Chen Cao nodded, feeling that it would be bad if he asked for someone openly. In addition to being regarded as a pervert, others would think that he was bullying others: "Where does the girl live? I will send someone to take you back."
Su Manwen stood up and saluted: "Thank you, uncle. The civilian girl has been delayed for a long time and has to go get medicine for her father to go home. So I would like to thank you uncle."
